[lardosaurusrex]

Very long-time lurker here; I made an account specifically to say what I am about to say:

I am so sick of gameboy-style devices only ever having two buttons without a start, select or literally anything else.

Playdate did the same thing and it makes games really super infuriating because nobody wants to perform a hadouken just to open a gosh-darn pause menu.

I'm exaggerating of course but good lord please just give me a dedicated pause button.

[stackghost]

I don't think this is for gaming. It has arrows plus two buttons, probably for conceptual equivalents to "tap/click/enter" and "back/escape".

If you want a DIYish handheld for gaming there are much better options on the market.

[lardosaurusrex]

Not to be rude but the page literally says "Browse what the community ships: games, tools and toys. Run them on your Kode Dot."

[stackghost]

Perhaps I should have written "I don't think this is well suited for gaming, despite the marketing copy"

[PurpleRamen]

The focus being here: community. Gaming is an option, not the sole purpose, and community is always adding games to everything, but that's not the designers fault.

[moron4hire]

What? Playdate absolutely has a menu button.

[lardosaurusrex]

That is not a "pause" button that is an abomination. Knock it off; you know what I mean. A start button.